Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone is beautiful, & huge, & there is way too much to see in a day!! There are also way too many people trying to see it. As a guy we met at the astronomy talk last night put it, "Yellowstone is the Disneyland of National Parks." We got there early and saw Old Faithful erupt before the big crowds hit, but since it was still so cold out, most of the water turned to steam. Then we went to the Midway Geyser Basin and saw the Grand Prismatic, which was AMAZING! We tried to make it over to Mammoth Hot Springs, but by then there was too much traffic & it was at the other end of the park, so we cut across to the Canyon Area to see the falls & the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone". The we made a loop back around the park to the Biscuit Basin for a hike. On the way we saw geese, swans, bison, elk, and LOTS of stopped cars & people. We made it to Biscuit Basin, saw more cool geysers, & hiked the Mystic Falls Trail to an awesome waterfall flanked by hot springs! Then we called it a day, as the traffic was getting worse & rain clouds were moving in.Read more